Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

We had two lawyers with two contrary views about what was decriminalisation and what was legalisation. One gave a view and the other said that if it is decriminalised, it is fully legal. We were clear that we just want to take it out of the criminal justice system. We were unambiguous about it.